Draft letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius
Reference number: EL/W2/15a
Date: 29 December 1673
Description
Concerns Wallis's method for rotating a solid; concerning the 'Magdeburg experiments' which were published in 'Philosophical Transactions'
- Reference number
- EL/W2/15a
- Earliest possible date
- 29 December 1673
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg
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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Draft letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, 29 December 1673, EL/W2/15a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w2_15a/draft-letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-renatus-slusius, accessed on 09 November 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Renatus Franciscus Slusius
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Henry Oldenburg
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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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